[PEN-L:366] Gee-seven

t;socdem" hoard that THEY HAVE NO MANDATE TO CONTINUE THEM? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web:

[PEN-L:441] Who will tell Acompora?

"baby boom retirement savings bulge" how does much-hyped Prudential technical analyst Acompora get away with saying the above? I always thought ideology was supposed to contain at least a grain of truth. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^

[PEN-L:784] Re: I told you so. II

Valis tricked or treated, Great rap, Tom, but you'd have to swallow a python and barf tofu patties . . . Bring on the pythons, Val, I feel a wave of nausea sprouting. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C

[PEN-L:779] Re: I told you so.

months, after which the renewed distress in the markets will be less catastrophic than some expect but more sustained than anything that's ever happened before. Instead of the spectacle of a bubble bursting, I would listen for the sound of someone sitting on a extremely large and seemingly inexhaustible

[PEN-L:773] Re: I told you so.

Doug Henwood wrote, And what if they're right, Tom? Right about what, Doug? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286

[PEN-L:770] I told you so.

ia and South America, threatening the North American economy, the G 7 seemed unable to provide visible leadership capable of calming markets. As one G-7 official put it: "Golfing season is over and the G 7 ministers and central bankers want everyone to know they're back in the saddle."

[PEN-L:744] Re: Crisis will return to Brazil

but the economy will." October 29, 1998 ECONOMIC SCENE An Expensive Fix That Won't Cure Brazil Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTE

[PEN-L:716] Re: redefining the poor out of existence

, operators, and development technocrats. And the conception is akin to the World Bank's, whose webpage now sports a "world without poverty" doo-dad. I thik we need to stop talkling about it all together here. Ivian Illich's _Invention of Poverty_ is light in t

[PEN-L:414] Re: Cyber-Sawicky

623.2 6240.4 366.5 271.5296.2 232.6 155.7 133.5 1696.4 key: 1 Corporate equities 2 Mutual fund shares 3 Private insured pension reserves 4 Private noninsured pension reserves 5 Govt. insurance and pension reserves 6 Personal Saving Regards,

[PEN-L:416] omissions Re: Cyber-Sawicky

I should clarify that when I said, remarkable coincidence that the seven year total for personal savings, $1.696 trillion dollars, almost precisely the $1.695 seven year total for I of course meant "almost precisely the same as the $1.695 trillion total." Regards,

[PEN-L:423] Re:Fund flows

es on assumptions about growth in a hypothetically exogenous economy. If that economy was really all that exogenous, the market mavens wouldn't be drooling so conspicuously over the prospects of a social security injection. And, presumably, if Oroboros had something else to eat, it wouldn't

[PEN-L:429] Re: Cyber-Sawicky

as Michel Camdessus tames the Asian tigers in ring number one!" The amazing thing about this three ring circus is that the events in any one particular ring go on unaffected by the events in the two other rings. Sure. Get me some peanuts, Max. I've gotta to go feed the elephant in the bac

[PEN-L:451] Re: Cyber-Sawicky

thus sowing confusion amongst the proletariat. '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 NIPA concept, FOF data 5.5 8.0 5.7 5.9 4.4 2.8 2.3 NIPA measure 5.6 5.7 4.4 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.1 Difference -0.1 2.2 1.3 2.4 1.0 -0.0

[PEN-L:452] Re: I Spake Falsely

Max Sawicky wrote, I do not smoke cigars, and I am not a crook. Yes, Max, but have you ever inhaled? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286

[PEN-L:483] Re: Financial breakdown in Japan

the Federal Reserve translates into the immaculate conception of exchange rate differentials. On a flat earth, we might find that if weak yen is bad, then strong yen is good. In a round one, the sheer volatility, not its direction, is the curse. Regards, Tom Walker

[PEN-L:499] Re: Nobel prize in Econ.

On the other hand, it is said that Nobel adamantly opposed having a Prize for mathematicians because a mathematician slept with his wife. "His" presumably refers to Alfred and not the mathematician. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^

[PEN-L:546] Stanching the crunch?

an episode where the Fed shovels buckets of under-the-table bailout dough into the gaping maws of hedgy banks on the pretext that it is trying to avert a recession? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL

[PEN-L:561] Re: re-no comment, II (investing in defense)

n its fury and those who once were call 'Americans' are now merely tourists at or around empty sites of peace while those who are called 'the Americans' give dictation to the world." From 'Bread and Wine' Charles Watts (1947-1998) Regards,

[PEN-L:585] My world's best idea (1998)

Please come read and rate (on a scale from 0-10) my scheme to reward years of service with more free time, judged one of the "world's best ideas" for 1998 by the Institute for Social Inventions. http://www.globalideasbank.org/wbi/WBI-43.HTML Regards,

[PEN-L:626] Eh?

if not, why wouldn't the objections raised apply equally to Yin Kaizen? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ Th

[PEN-L:661] Re: Financial crisis or terminal OCC?

y he was too busy fighting a war to bother with such things. It's only a theory. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:671] Tantalus

to Tantalus, to read "tantalizing" as something other than a verdict that the desired object is just out of reach. Literally, the quote from the Washington Post says exactly the opposite of "the worst is over." Regards, Tom Walker

[PEN-L:674] COLA vs. NAIRU

rief article in a trade (not an academic) journal? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:676] Re: COLA vs. NAIRU

controls" a non sequitur? And wouldn't "one percent" unemployment be, effectively, _negative_ unemployment? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^

[PEN-L:664] Re: Nairu Kaizen, Nairu Kaizen, Nairu Nairu, Kaizen Kaizen

or two. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:662] Re: Nairu Kaizen, Nairu Kaizen, Nairu Nairu, Kaizen Kaizen

yone have a reasonable argument against abolishing DST? Take comfort, Jim, in the fact that a stopped clock will STILL be right twice a day even after we have switched back from daylight savings time. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacifi

[PEN-L:654] Re: Nairu Kaizen, Nairu Kaizen, Nairu Nairu, Kaizen Kaizen

quack", for example when I'm walking along the path by the lagoon I make conversation with the certified ducks there. But I am not a duck. I've gotta break this off now, Jim, my eggs are getting cold. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 103

[PEN-L:648] Re: Nairu Kaizen, Nairu Kaizen, Nairu Nairu, Kaizen Kaizen

hat much "marxian economic analysis" is afraid to be (that fear may be justified). Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:640] Re: Nairu Kaizen, Nairu Kaizen, Nairu Nairu, Kaizen Kaizen

in the most pejorative sense of the word, "academic". Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:638] to the Prozac Economists Network List

ts. Researchers hope to begin a random control clinical trial with human subjects later this fall. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTE

[PEN-L:635] Nairu Kaizen, Nairu Kaizen, Nairu Nairu, Kaizen Kaizen

your cake OR you may eat it. You may not have your cake and eat it too. Or should we just give these cult guys a free ride and talk about OUR OWN concepts? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL

[PEN-L:611] Yang Kaizen (was: of interest to teachers)

g qualitative change in the labour process? If not, why not? And if not, why wouldn't the objections raised apply equally to Yin Kaizen? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTE

[PEN-L:606] Re: Query on underemployment

d playing cello in the evening. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:593] Re: conserative logic: an oxymoron

ptom while nurturing the disease. "You can't see the class struggle. It is an *interpretaton* of events." -- Kenneth Burke, Attitudes Toward History Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTE

[PEN-L:569] Re: good news!

y the authorities will find a loophole. Isn't that their job? It is also the Europeanness of the arrest that makes it so grand. If Pinochet had been arrested in Michigan on a warrant from some rogue judge, so what? But to be arrested (and held!)in London, of all places. London! Much worse, much, much wor

[PEN-L:493] Re: Financial breakdown in Japan

plications? A global "bank holiday" for the securities markets while regulators wearing asbestos suits and brandishing fireman's axes prune the hedges mercilessly. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4

[PEN-L:487] Re: Milton Friedman Gets Pie In the Face

The Nobel Pies? Nobel Laureate Economist Milton Friedman Gets Pie In the Face At Corporate Conference Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286

[PEN-L:485] Re: Who will tell Acompora?

. When a Canadian finance minister has an important announcement to make, he flies to New York to make it. That might give a good indication of what the decisive element is in the Canadian flow of funds. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035

[PEN-L:464] Re: Who will tell Acompora?

-97) were: pension funds $258 billion (sum of private state local govt.) insurance cos. $245 billion rest of world $108 billion corporations* $234 billion * (reversing the sign of "net new equity issues", which was -$234 billion) Regards,

[PEN-L:458] Re: Who will tell Acompora?

$1.15 trillion dollars worth of equities between 1992 and 1997. Nor did they replace them dollar for dollar with mutual funds. Households acquired $900 billion in the same period. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C

[PEN-L:442] Re: Cyber-Sawicky

.8 173.7 263.9 266.7 consumer credit -10.73.960.7 124.9 138.988.8 52.5 subtotal 161 171.8 216.2 302.7 312.6 352.7 319.2 tot.liabilities 193.4 166246.9 334.6 412.5461473.6 Regards,

[PEN-L:428] Re: RE: Re: Cyber-Sawicky

will eagerly clamber on board. Tell that to the oysters, my dear Walrus. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286

[PEN-L:424] Re: Cyber-Sawicky

My last message argued that the metaphor of the bubble is inapplicable precisely because of its autonomy from subjective time preference for money and risk aversion. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C.

[PEN-L:415] Re: period of distress

ver at Henwood's, I won't go into detail. The "harmonious reproduction" line is tempting but I'll keep my accordian in my pocket for the time being. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancou

[PEN-L:789] Re: Why my name is indivisible

Sixth Edition, 1992 I hope I haven't perturbed your armillaries too much. I see your point about being indivisibible. Who would want to be a Half Vast Active Living Intelligence System (HVALIS)? Regards, Tom Walker

[PEN-L:810] Re: I told you so / Is the crisis over?

the financial speculators. Have we heard the last word? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:812] Re: I told you so / Is the crisis over?

at for a "total disaster scenario", Doug? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:813] Jesus saves -- Yanqui no!

In September, U.S. personal spending exceeded disposable income by 0.2%. This was the first negative personal savings rate recorded since monthly records commenced in 1959. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C

[PEN-L:1174] Wily E. Coyote

there such a thing as a turkey market? Greenspan must be steamed. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The Time

[PEN-L:1167] Re: opt out at 9998 . . .

Rover market will stabilize. Gene, The wild card in this is the price of oil. If Asia recovers and oil goes up the bottom could fall out of the Rovers -- especially if they hit a 'bump on the road'. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035

[PEN-L:1160] Re: falling rate of profit (and Zeno's paradox)

they are relied upon for decision making, the less they reflect any "underlying reality" or "intrinsic value" and the more they simply chase their own tail. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is not the Alpha and Omega of this algorithmic riddle, it's simpl

[PEN-L:1156] Re: falling rate of profit (and Zeno's paradox)

ably, last week's rate cut should have already been discounted and the momentum is sheer cartoon fantasy. Any takers for a big bump Thursday Friday, maybe -500 or -600 points on the Dow? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver

[PEN-L:1097] Re: Prophecy in our time VI

as you don't mind a five day turnaround. And risk getting in Louis's line of fire? No way! Max has already confessed to be Louis, so you have nothing to worry about personnally. Just keep Papandreou inside when the Ebola hits the fan. Regards, Tom Walker

[PEN-L:1083] Re: Prophecy in our time

URL: http://www.csd.uu.se/~talman/enjoyment/index.shtml. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork

[PEN-L:1084] Re: union democracy II

Valis wrote, Mike, Dennis, Max: all of you are reacting to hearsay. No one has actually read the Fraser article in Dissent (if I haven't misperceived); Here's the URL for the article: http://www.igc.org/dissent/archive/summer98/fraser.html Regards, Tom Walker

[PEN-L:1091] RE: union democracy

t issue | archive | order back issues | subscribe | feedback ------- [Image] Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^

[PEN-L:1095] Re: Prophecy in our time IV

. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1206] Re: the quasi-fixed factor fallacy (correction)

Then the total labour cost with 90 employed workers and 1% unemployed is That should have read 10 unemployed. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286

A Proposal for Arbitraging Free Time

panies and negotiate a new, free time deal with employees. Labour unions should demand the right for their members to choose whether they want more income or more free time. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E

[PEN-L:266] Intro: Working Time debate on uk-policy list

. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:269] uk-policy Working Time 4 (fwd)

- forwarded message - From: Tom Walker I'd like to raise three point with regard to Dr. David Chapman's proposal for a work-spreading tax and then elaborate on a proposal of my own. First, I agree with Dr. Chapman that the progressive income tax contains

[PEN-L:271] uk-policy Working Time 6 (fwd)

, a service of Nexus. http://www.netnexus.org/ Hosting and email provided by new media consultants On-Line Publishing Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286

[PEN-L:272] uk-policy Working Time 7 (fwd)

~~~ - Posted to uk-policy, a service of Nexus. http://www.netnexus.org/ Hosting and email provided by new media consultants On-Line Publishing Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver

[PEN-L:273] uk-policy Working Time 8 (fwd)

new media consultants On-Line Publishing Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:439] CNTU on the reduction of working time (fwd)

syndicats nationaux 1601 De Lorimier Montréal (Québec) 514-529-4995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- end forwarded message --- Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604

[PEN-L:451] Stand up for new Politics (fwd)

r-Democracy! * Come to the Federal Wide Demonstration on June 20th in Berlin! The web site for the demonstration (in German): DGB Erfurt, http://www.dgb-bwt.com/erfurt Report by Dave Hollis for LabourNet Germany, URL: http://www.labournet.org.uk/germany/ - end forwarded message ---

[PEN-L:424] Bargaining for Better Times - (please forward) -

Simon Fraser Universtiy Centre for Labour Studies Presents: BARGAINING FOR BETTER TIMES A seminar by Tom Walker Shorter Work Time Network (Vancouver chapter) Tuesday, June 23, 1998 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre Campus Room #1410 515 West Hastings Street Vancouver

[PEN-L:316] Pen-l EEG

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[PEN-L:275] uk-policy Working Time 1 (fwd)

mon.co.uk/index.html - Posted to uk-policy, a service of Nexus. http://www.netnexus.org/ Hosting and email provided by new media consultants On-Line Publishing Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL

[PEN-L:274] uk-policy Working Time 9 (fwd)

forwarded message --- From: Tom Walker I agree with Gavin Cameron's point that the nominal incidence of a tax is not the same as its economic incidence. That is the argument underlying my proposal to arbitrage free time. http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework

[PEN-L:268] uk-policy Working Time 3 (fwd)

Publishing Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:267] uk-policy Working Time 2 (fwd)

On-Line Publishing Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1334] Passing the buck

e a sharp inflationary shock and a jump in unemployment. A more likely scenario is that U.S. officials and the IMF will continue their sanctimonious preaching to the Russians and Japanese (soon to be joined by Latin Americans) about the virtues of m

[PEN-L:1332] Czar Camdessus: who elected him?

from the country and those responsible for the destiny of the country," Camdessus said. Chernomyrdin must make a "clear choice", he said, adding that the IMF would not support a "mix" of economic policies. -- Regards, Tom Walke

[PEN-L:1876] Re: reply to Tom Walker

like so much antiquarian hair splitting unless one realizes that the time when these scribblings were jotted down was one of tremendous upsurge of the labour movement precisely around the issue of the shortening of the hours of work. Michael Perelman wrote: Tom Walker wrote: Perhaps someo

[PEN-L:1842] neo-classical muzak

rgument leading from the market to the gas chamber, but a soppy mush of sycophantic string music that acts as recorded background for the arbitrary and seemingly uncontestable exercise of power. Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1303] Jacob, Esau and Alfred Marshall

Essay question: Compare and contrast Thomas Mann's Joseph and his Brothers and Alfred Marshall's Principles of Economics. Extra credit: use the words 'elide' and 'palimpsest' in your essay. Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1312] Re: Jacob, Esau and Alfred Marshall

son, Milton, became an advisor to Pharoah and taught him how he could turn all the fat cows over to his friends at the banks and the arms industry and leave only the anorexic cows behind to trickle down to the working people. Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1316] Re: Social Security change under Reagan

e scraping the ground with a short hoe. Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1348] re Social Security

Max Sawicky wrote, If Clinton was so vital to the Republican cause, they wouldn't be about to impeach him. I thought they wanted to "put that behind them" as quickly as possible. Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1493] Headline

PFIZER HIRES BOB DOLE FOR TV AD CAMPAIGN ABOUT IMPOTENCE, TO HELP IMPROVE VIAGRA SALES Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1417] Re: Britain OKs Extradition of Pinochet

a democracy. It can only threaten a facade of democracy. Hooray for Jack Straw! Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1363] Re: Social Security

running $10 billion annual surpluses while over 60% of the officially unemployed are disentitled from EI benefits. Nice racket. Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1354] Re: Social Security

proclaimed a plan to immediately abolish progressive income taxation and replace it with a poll tax, he wouldn't have gotten anywhere. Go slowly and call the poll tax "true insurance principals" and you can boil the poor working frogs to a soupy pulp. Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1347] Re: Social Security

or tax cuts, but on real stuff that we need. Imagine what we could do. $100b to train doctors! $100b to build schools, housing, parks, to clean the environment, to feed our children! Our money. Spent on our behalf, for our future. Imagine that. Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1340] Re: Suctional unemployment

he land its rest every seven years and the Jubilee cancellation of debts -- appears to be a dialectical answer to the dilemma of compulsive accumulation and the fetishization that the hoard invites, the fetish that the inanimate hoard itself, not human activity, is the source of value. Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1334] Re: Suctional unemployment

hat all my Profit may come from the Last Hour. Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1301] Re: Suctional unemployment

ity that they desire the income and security. They desire it "in a panic" because they see others desiring it desperately and, not wanting to be left out of a stampede . . . "Give me more." "Why?" "Because THEY desire it." Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1290] Re: Suctional unemployment

mic behaviour" you're talking about and the alienation of senuous human activity that I'm concerned with. Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:1464] Re: Wealth Effect?

ONEY man, his portfolio is his penis. Under that spell, a decline in the stock market is not a rational game of relative percentages, it is a do or die question of erection or dysfunction. I understand that rumours of an impending merger between the U.S. Federal Reserve and Pfizer, Inc. have been dismissed

[PEN-L:381] Re: period of distress

king about is not _really_ capitalism but a kind of a state centralized _simulation_ of capitalism. Like Disneyland's Main Street, it's been designed to look more 'authentic' than the real thing (until you go back stage where they do the security and accounting). Regards,

[PEN-L:394] Re: Re: period of distress

every 50 years, or 600-1 odds in any particular month). Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http

[PEN-L:385] Re: period of distress

and stagnation periods.) Jim: can/do you elaborate on this in terms of the non-synchronous development of the forces of production and the relations of production? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL

[PEN-L:408] Re: Cyber-Sawicky (correction)

inflows from 1992 to 1994 were nil or negligible, only that the source gave figures only for 1995 to 1997. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286

[PEN-L:400] Re: Cyber-Sawicky

ine 2 as a % of line 5 17% 16%15% Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:406] Re: Crash of '99?

ocating crisis. Also, it's worth noting that this crisis is thoroughly and unquestionably made in the USA. The so-called enduring "strength" of the U.S. economy reflects the unexceptional fact that the periphery is always the first to feel the

[PEN-L:852] Re: family/religion/economics IV

. Don't you think? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/

[PEN-L:850] RE: family/religion/economics

preference is for getting inside the poetics of the myth and producing emancipatory versions -- stretching the myth. By the way, this is what I would claim Herman Melville did and what Thomas Paine did, to cite just two examples. Meanwhile,

[PEN-L:876] Re: crisis is over?

that ended in September, producing the first year-to-year drop since the nation was clawing its way out of the recession in 1991. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286

[PEN-L:859] RE: family/religion/economics

was on a Mann binge back in 1976 but got bogged down on the Magic Mountain. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286

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